PTI endorses Amnesty’s call for restoration of X – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has fully endorsed Amnesty International’s demand for the immediate restoration of social media platform X, stating that Pakistan has become a laughing stock in the international community due to the unjustified blockage of social media and the chain of oppression against its own citizens. A party spokesperson said that the government’s […]
PTI faces nomination roadblocks for by-polls
LAHORE: Despite clinching victories in the February 8 elections across the central and provincial landscapes, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidates are facing roadblocks in submitting their nomination papers for the upcoming by-elections. Hammad Azhar, the acting president and general secretary of PTI Central Punjab, took to social media platform X on Monday to express his […]
PML-N, PTI trade barbs over ‘smear campaign’ against martyrs – Pakistan
LAHORE: The ruling PML-N on Sunday accused the PTI of running a smear campaign against the country’s martyrs, an allegation swiftly rejected by the opposition party. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar warned the party of action over its alleged campaign against martyrs of the Mir Ali checkpost attack, while Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif regretted that […]
PTI continues to ‘repent’ alliance with seatless SIC – Pakistan
KARACHI: The coalition of convenience between PTI and the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) remains strained due to conflicting statements from leaders of both parties. While more PTI leaders, in retrospect, are calling the alliance a mistake, the SIC head has warned that such statements would damage Imran Khan’s party. Now, PTI leader Walid Iqbal has […]
Caretakers’ candidature for Senate ‘unconstitutional’: PTI – Pakistan
KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has cast fresh doubts on the participation of individuals who were members of the caretaker set-up in the upcoming Senate polls, saying that the Constitution does not allow it. However, the government maintains that the constitutional provision in question only applied to the general elections and not the Senate polls […]
PML-N, PTI trade barbs over ‘smear campaign’ – Pakistan
LAHORE: The ruling PML-N on Sunday accused the PTI of running a smear campaign against the country’s martyrs, an allegation swiftly rejected by the opposition party. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar warned the party of action over its alleged campaign against martyrs of the Mir Ali checkpost attack, while Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif regretted that […]
‘N’ picks outsiders, PTI pushes hawks for Senate polls – Pakistan
• 22 including Naqvi, Aurangzeb submit nomination papers from Punjab• 35 papers filed from Sindh, 42 from KP, 36 from Balochistan ISLAMABAD: Nominations for the 48 Senate seats up for grabs came as a bolt from the blue, with the ruling PML-N supporting “outsiders” and the PTI choosing hawks for the upper house elections scheduled […]
Vawda says current political atmosphere suits independents
KARACHI: Former Federal Minister Faisal Vawda has voiced concerns over the sustainability of the newly elected Chief Minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Ali Amin Gandapur, suggesting that he may not complete his term. Vawda anticipates challenges for the PTI government in K-P after Ramazan, highlighting uncertainties regarding its longevity. Addressing the media after submitting his nomination papers […]
PTI to ‘merge’ with Sunni Ittehad Council if ECP returns electoral symbol: Asad Qaiser – Pakistan
PTI leader Asad Qaiser on Friday said his party would “merge” with the Sunni Ittehad Council if the Election Commission of Pakistan accepted its recent intra-party polls and returned its electoral symbol of ‘bat’. In January, after back-and-forth verdicts by the ECP and the Peshawar High Court (PHC), the PTI’s electoral symbol ultimately wasrevoked by […]
PTI to move SC after being denied reserved seats – Pakistan
PESHAWAR: After a larger bench of the Peshawar High Court dismissed petitions of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) challenging the ECP’s decision to deny the party its share of seats reserved for women and non-Muslim lawmakers in the assemblies, PTI said it would take the matter to the Supreme Court. The bench, which heard arguments […]